Product Manager, Substack
Growth
$165-230k
+ Equity
Platform for writers & podcasters
Job no longer available
Platform for writers & podcasters
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$165-230k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To give thinkers, writers, and creatives the opportunity to pursue their curiosity and make money at the same time.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of relevant product and growth experience at comparable companies
- Ability to roll up your sleeves and be scrappy
- Growth frameworks (like cohort analysis and growth accounting) should be second nature
- Strong analytical skills, competence in SQL, and experience with tools (like Amplitude and Periscope) for analysis
- Strong communication skills, to effectively influence teams and strategy
- Ability to collaborate well with cross-functional partners across the company
- An owner’s mindset – hold yourself and others accountable in service of great work
What the job involves
- Identify the biggest opportunities for product-led growth and ensure the Growth team has a compelling roadmap at all times
- Help design and spec projects across the spectrum from experiment, to feature, to large-scale initiative – you must be comfortable getting into the weeds
- Act as the steward of Substack’s growth model: where growth is coming from, what’s going well, what isn’t -- and ensure this story is well understood across the company
- Act as the overall steward of Substack’s experimentation process and culture: helping develop our frameworks and helping teams across the company test & learn effectively
- Work closely with our executive leadership team to ensure that our growth strategy and overall company strategy are in lock-step at all times
- Create clarity and accountability, ensuring the team is tracking to the roadmap and that it’s meaningfully driving impact towards our objectives
Our take
Substack is an online platform for journalists and writers to manage subscription-based newsletters. Substack has attracted a range of writers and publishers who wish to connect with their audiences while being removed from social media and other ad-based models.
For an industry that has seen a steady decline in its fortunes since the rise of digital, Substack offers journalism an alternative to the advertising-driven clickbait-focused model that has dominated the last decade. Substack has amassed more than 35 million subscribers.
The subscription newsletter space is a competitive market, but Substack claims to provide greater freedom to writers than its competitors. Writers produce their newsletters on the site for free, charging an optional subscription fee (minimum of $5/month) of which Substack takes 10%. The company continues to seek out ways to diversify its offerings, whilst securing funding rounds to expand its reach.
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Insights
62% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jul 2025
$100m
SERIES C
Nov 2024
$10m
ANGEL
Total funding: $200.3m
Company benefits
- Remote work support - All employees receive a generous allowance to customize their home offices
- Comprehensive health care - Substack covers 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents, and fully funds HRA plans
- Parental leave - We want employees to be fully present for the new members of their family, so we offer generous parental leave
- Flexible vacation and paid time off - You’re the best person to decide when you need a day—or a week—off to travel or decompress. Our flexible vacation policy puts you in control
- Company holidays and Winter shutdown - In addition to flexible time off, we honor 12 paid holidays annually on average. And we close the office between Christmas Eve and New Year's day to recharge each year
- Phone & internet stipends - Many of our employees work from home or on the go. So we offer full time employees a monthly stipend to cover for phone and internet costs
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Chris Best
(CEO & Co-Founder)After several software internships, they co-founded Kik Interactive in 2009, serving as CTO until 2017. At this stage, they founded Substack, and have served as CEO ever since.
Hamish McKenzie
(Chief Writing Officer & Co-Founder)Previously a journalist for several publications include The Independent and Time Out. Lead Writer for Tesla and Editorial Advisor to Kik Interactive.
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